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LABIATE. IX. COLEUS. 



cles ramosely bifid ; leaves unequal, ovate, acuminated, cre- 

 nated, rounded at the base, or unequally attenuated, and quite 

 entire, puberulous on both surfaces. Q. ? S. Native of Java, 

 at the foot of Mount Salak. Leaves purplish beneath. Allied 

 to C. macrophyllus. 



Trvo-coloured-\ea\ed Coleus. PI. 



17 C. SECUNDIFLORUS (Benth. lab. p. 55.) plant clothed with 

 fine pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, coarsely 

 crenated, roundish, or cordate at the base, wrinkled, rather 

 fleshy ; floral leaves deciduous ; racemes elongated, simple ; 

 whorls cyme-formed, secund ; common peduncles almost want- 

 ing on both sides, but with elongated branches ; calyxes pen- 

 dulous, hispid : upper tooth oblong, acute, not decurrent : 

 lateral ones short, ovate, acutish, free : lower ones elongated, 

 acute, combined almost to the top ; throat of corolla dilated a 

 little. O- ? S. Native of the Island of Timor. Allied to C. 

 grandiflorus, but differs from it in the inflorescence. Stem 

 bluntly tetragonal. 



Secund-jloivered Coleus. PL ? 



18 C. BLU'MEI (Benth. lab. p. 56.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 coarsely and bluntly serrated, acute, and quite entire at the 

 base, puberulous on both surfaces ; whorls distinct ; pedicels 

 racemose, secund ; calyx hairy : lower lip trifid, the middle 

 segments the longest, and semi-bifid ; filaments monadelphous at 

 the base. Q.? S. Native of Java, in gardens. Plectranthus 

 scutellarioides, Blum, bijdr. 837, but not of Lin. Leaves 

 painted with dark purple spots above. 



Blun.e's Coleus. PL 



19 C. LACINIA'TUS (Benth. lab. p. 56.) leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, jagged, or deeply serrated, acute, and quite entire at 

 the base, puberulous on both surfaces ; pedicels branched a 

 little, secund ; calyx hairy : lower lip trifid, the middle seg- 

 ment semibifid, and longer ; filaments monadelphous at the 

 base. .? S. Native of Java, in gardens. Plectranthus 

 laciniatus, Blum, bijdr. p. 838. Perhaps a variety of C. scutel- 

 larioides. Leaves marked with dark purple spots above. 

 Nearly allied to C. secundiflbrus. 



Jagged-leaved Coleus. PL 



20 C. GALEA'TUS (Benth. lab. p. 56.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, rounded, or subcordate at the base, acutely and deeply 

 toothed, puberulous on both surfaces ; whorls distinct ; pedi- 

 cels branched ; calyx hairy : lower lip trifid, the middle seg- 

 ment longer and bifid ; filaments monadelphous at the base. 

 . ? S. Native of Java, in shady, humid, mountainous places. 

 Plectranthus galeatus, Vahl, symb. 1. p. 43. Blum, bijdr. 

 836. Stem villous, furrowed. Leaves villous, particularly on 

 the veins beneath. Corolla pubescent. Allied to C. macro- 

 phyllus, ex Blume. 



GWeate-flowered Coleus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 

 2 feet. 



^ 2. Lateral teeth of calyx acute, about equal in length to the 

 upper one : loner ones the longest, and combined beyond the 

 middle, and with the lateral ones at the base, 



21 C. MACROSTACHYS (Benth. lab. p. 57.) stem pubescent; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, crenately serrated, rounded 

 at the base, hispid above, and on the nerves beneath : floral ones 

 deciduous ; racemes elongated, nearly simple ; whorls remote, 

 loose ; common peduncles with the branches and pedicels on 

 both sides, shorter than the fructiferous calyxes ; calyx glabrous, 

 membranous in the fructiferous state: throat naked inside: 

 upper tooth ovate, acute, with revolute edges ; corolla with 

 a slender tube, and dilated throat : lower lip elongated, broad, 

 concave. .? S. Native of Java, Commerson. Stem pur- 

 plish. Leaves minutely glandular beneath; floral ones bractea- 



formed, concave, ciliated. Whorls 10-15-flowered. Leaves 

 and inflorescence of C. ingratus. Calyx and corolla of C. 

 Malabdrica. 



Long-spiked Coleus. PL 



22 C. OVA'TUS (Benth. lab. p. 57.) stem smoothish, clothed 

 with clammy pubescence above ; leaves petiolate, ovate, scarcely 

 acuminated, coarsely crenated, rounded or cordate at the base, 

 rather hispid above, and glabrous beneath ; floral leaves decidu- 

 ous ; racemes branched a little ; whorls loose ; common pe- 

 duncles and branches almost wanting ; calyx glabrous, mem- 

 branous, inflated in the fructiferous state : upper tooth ovate, 

 with subrevolute edges ; corolla with a slender tube, and a 

 dilated throat : lower lip elongated, broad, concave. Q. ? S. 

 Native of the Indian Peninsula ; Coromandel, Wight. Very 

 nearly allied to the preceding, but much smaller in all its 

 parts. Floral leaves hardly ciliated. 



Ovate-\eaved Coleus. PL 



23 C. MALABA'RICUS (Benth. in Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 16. 

 lab. p. 57.) clothed with fine pubescence; leaves petiolate, 

 large, broad-ovate, shortly acuminated, crenated, roundly trun- 

 cate at the base ; floral leaves deciduous ; racemes loosely 

 branched; whorls usually 10-flowered, loose; common pedun- 

 cles almost wanting on both sides, with short branches ; fructi- 

 ferous calyx deflexed, glabrous, subinflated at the base : throat 

 naked inside : upper tooth ovate, acutish ; corolla with a slender 

 exserted tube, and a wide throat: lower lip elongated. ? S. 

 Native of the Peninsula of India, at Travancore, Klein. Plec- 

 tranthus Malabaricus, Klein, mss. Lower leaves 3-4 inches 

 long : floral leaves minute. 



Malabar Coleus. PL 



24 C. INFLA'TUS (Benth. lab. p. 58.) glabrous ; leaves petio- 

 late, ample, ovate, acuminated, toothed, narrowed a long way at 

 the base, quite entire ; floral leaves deciduous ; racemes branch- 

 ed a little ; whorls irregularly cyme-formed ; common pedun- 

 cles almost wanting on both sides : branches alternate, or all 

 elongated ; pedicels short ; fructiferous calyxes nutant, gla- 

 brous, inflated, with the throat naked inside : upper tooth ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, flat ; corolla with an elongated tube, and 

 a nearly equal throat : lower lip longer than the upper one. 

 Q. ? S. Native of Ceylon, Macrae. Allied to C. Malabaricus. 

 Stem rather fleshy. Leaves 1 foot long, with the petioles : 

 floral ones comose. 



hiflated-calyaed Coleus. PL 



25 C. MACRAE i (Benth. lab. p. 58.) pubescent; leaves on 

 long petioles, ovate, acuminated, rounded or cuneated at the 

 base; floral leaves deciduous; racemes paniculately branched ; 

 whorls quadrifariously cymose ; common peduncles almost 

 wanting on both sides, with much elongated branches, and very 

 short pedicels ; fructiferous calyx nutant, glabrous, a little in- 

 flated at the base : throat naked inside : upper tooth ovate, 

 acutish, with revolute edges ; corolla with an exserted tube, a 

 very wide throat, and an elongated lower lip. Q. ? S. Native 

 of Ceylon, Macrae. Plant clothed with rufescent clammy 

 pubescence. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Genitals hardly ex- 

 serted. 



Macrae's Coleus. PL 



3. Teeth of calyx 4 : loner ones nearly equal, free to the 

 base, or hardly combined. 



26 C. GLABRA'TUS (Benth. lab. p. 58.) leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 roundish, serrately crenated, thick, stiff, glabrous ; floral leaves 

 minute, deciduous ; racemes terminal, pubescent, simple, pani- 

 cle-formed ; whorls loosely cyme-formed ; common peduncles 

 elongated on both sides, as well as their branches ; fructiferous 

 calyx glabrous, elongated : upper tooth ovate, concave above : 



